History of Science

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• We Pause for this Commercial Interruption: Newton and the Counterfeiter/Kindle redux edition

  
  The Inverse Square Blog — Authority: 468
  Well, that was an annoying ride. I mean the seemingly endless saga of achieving the possibilty of Kindle/ebook sales for my poor but honest offering, Newton and the Counterfeiter . (Dead tree versions here:  Amazon ,  Powells ,  Barnes and Noble ,  Indiebound and  across the pond at  Amazon.co.uk ,  ...
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• Kepler’s contributions to optics, at Renaissance Mathematicus

  
  Skulls in the Stars — Authority: 122
  Those who follow this site for optics and history of science posts should take at look at this nice post by The Renaissance Mathematicus .  It covers the contributions of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) to the modern theory of optics.  Kepler is most known for his astronomical observations, but optics and astronomy ...
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• December 28, 1894 (a Friday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, the American vertebrate paleontologist and comparative anatomist Alfred Sherwood Romer was born. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, which Romer helped establish, says that he “was the leading contributor to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology throughout the twentieth century…Romer’s ...
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• December 27, 1831 (a Tuesday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board set sail from Plymouth, England, beginning its epic voyage with a crew of 73 men under clear skies and a good wind. Darwin became sea-sick almost immediately. Later, he wrote in his diary:A beautiful day, accompanied by the long wished for E wind.—Weighed [...]
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• December 27, 1822 (a Friday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, the chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole in the Jura region of France.From the time of the ancient Romans, through the Middle Ages, and until the late nineteenth century, it was generally accepted that some life forms arose spontaneously from nonliving matter. Such “spontaneous ...
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• 7 "Hot" Products: Radioactive Gifts and Gadgets of Yesteryear [Slide Show]

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  Every era has its essential consumer products--witness the ubiquity of cell phones and iPods today. In the first half of the 20th century, what gave some gifts their "gotta-have-it" allure is, in retrospect, rather alarming: radioactivity. [More]
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• December 25, 1801 (a Friday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, the first complete skeleton of a mastodon found in the United States, mounted in the “Mammoth Room” of Peale’s Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was opened for exhibition to the public. It was the museum’s centerpiece and became an overnight success. The massive bones had been discovered in ...
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• ‘On the new and never previously seen star’ – Inquirer.net

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 159
  On the new and never previously seen starInquirer.netThe main hall is named after Tycho Brahe, a key figure in the history of astronomy. Brahe, too, is a crucial link in the history of science itselfif we …and more »read the full article
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• Readers Respond on the "Origin of Computing"

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  Patent Lead In “ Origin of Computing ,” Martin Campbell-Kelly writes that the first digital computer was J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly’s ENIAC, finished in 1945 as part of the war effort. But the first person to build and operate an electronic digital computer was a physics professor, as noted in “Dr. ...
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• 100 Years Ago: The Perfect Car

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  JANUARY 1960 ASTOUNDING TALES -- “The press of the Soviet Union has been astounding its readers with accounts of a ‘revolution’ in science and a ‘miracle’ of technology. Nikolai A. Kozyrev, an astrophysicist, was said to have wrought the revolution, with his hypothesis that the passage of time is the ...
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• December 23, 1924 (a Tuesday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, Raymond Dart completed his work removing the first fossil skull of Australopithecus from its matrix of rock. Being one of the “missing links” in man’s evolution, Dart had taken exquisite care during 73 days to separate skull and stone, at work in his laboratory in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dart ...
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• December 23, 1810 (a Sunday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, the English zoologist and chemist Edward Blyth was born in London. Although he was considered one of the leading zoologists in India, and a prominent figure overall in his field, he is best known for his early (1835) recognition of some of the principles of natural selection. Blyth, however, did [...]
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• The Top 10 Science Stories of 2009 [Slide Show]

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  The H1N1 pandemic, the Copenhagen climate talks, the restart of the worlds biggest experimental device--2009 sped by many scientifically relevant mile markers. The year also celebrated several important past events: It saw the bicentennial of Charles Darwins birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his ...
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• NASA Is Making An MMO. Your Mind Has Just Been Blown

  
  Platform Nation — Authority: 448
  You heard me right. NASA, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, is teaming up with Wisdom Tools, Project Whitecard, and Virtual Heroes, the guys behind America’s Army (the official Army MMO). Now, I know what you’re thinking. NASA, making an MMO. This may be the most unholy alliance in the history of ...
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• December 22, 1938 (a Thursday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, a coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) was caught at the mouth of the Chalumna River on the east coast of South Africa. The fish was caught in a shark gill net by Captain Goosen and his crew, who had no idea of the significance of their find. They thought the fish was bizarre enough [...]
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• December 21, 1889 (a Saturday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, the American mathematician and biologist Sewell Green Wright was born. He was one of the founders, along with R. A. Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane, of modern theoretical population genetics. He researched the effects of inbreeding and crossbreeding with guinea pigs and, later on, the effects of gene [...]
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• December 21, 1767 (a Monday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, William Paley was ordained as an Anglican priest. He was a prolific author, but his most influential contribution to biological thought was his book Natural Theology: or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, first published in 1802. He ...
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• Something like science...

  
  FideCogitActio : omnis per gratiam — Authority: 123
  QUOTE: If the scientist denies substantial forms in nature, he must still face the question, "Does science have a specific nature?" If it does not, then there is no better or worse––no more or less substantially actual––way to do science. Substance is an irreducible set (or mode) of essential features (or ...
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• December 20, 2005 (a Tuesday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District was decided.First, some background information. In October 2004, the Dover [PA] Area School District Board of Directors had decided that “Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin’s theory and of other theories of evolution including, but ...
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• December 19, 1944 (a Tuesday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 127
  On this date, the Kenyan physical anthropologist and paleontologist Richard E. Leakey was born. Leakey, second of three sons of noted anthropologists Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey, decided at an early age that he wanted nothing to do with paleoanthropology and started a expedition business. In 1964, he led an ...
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